Ingredients
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1/2 cup raisins, soaked in water for 15 minutes
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2 cups whole milk or 2 cups skim milk
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1/3 cup medium grain rice, washed and soaked in sufficient water for 30 minutes
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1 1/2 tablespoons honey
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1/4 teaspoon vanilla
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1 teaspoon orange rind, grated
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6 -8 pitted dates, coarsely chopped
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1/2 cup fresh orange juice
Instructions
- Squeeze out excess water from the raisins and keep aside.
- Boil milk in a non-stick saucepan.
- Drain and add rice to the boiling milk, reduce heat to low and cook, stirring continuously until the rice is soft and the milk is completely absorbed.
- Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
- Combine cooked rice with honey, raisins, vanilla, grated orange rind and chopped dates (if desired), and fresh orange juice.
- Pour into a medium ceramic or glass ovenproof dish.
- Bake the pudding in a preheated oven at 160 degrees Celsius (320 degrees Fahrenheit) for 15 minutes.
- Serve warm or chilled.